The Five-Minute Geek Show
Matt Stauffer, unabashedly geeky, 5 minutes, twice a week. Frontend dev, backend dev, audio, design, podcasts--all fair game.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 115
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2020
34 | How to responsive-ize your web site AND Introducing Podcast Wars
- The Mildly Alarming Podcast
- The Mildly Alarming Podcast - Episode 7 In which they introduce the podcast war
- The Mildly Alarming Podcast - Episode 8 In which they give the outro I played in the app
- T…
33 | Why the Slack haters are wrong and Slack > IRC
Disagreeing with the Slack-naysayers in a controversial manner so more people will listen to my podcast
32 | Integrity (and why it doesn't mean what most people think it does)
Talking about integrity--why it matters in tech, and why it doesn't mean what most people think it does.
31 | Keep It Simple (and short and not super indented and well named and lots of other stuff), Stupid
How to keep your code neat, clean, easy to follow, and to draw nearer to the mythical "Self-documented" code
30 | Why I Don't Work From Home
Why I work from a remote office instead of from home
29 | Introducing VitalSigns Because Otherwise It Won't Happen
Given my advice in the last episode, I'm introducing my open source project here
28 | Should You Tell Everyone About Your Next Best Idea?
When you have a really exciting idea at the top of your head, is it better to keep it secret or share it with everyone you know?
27 | Your Justification for Having a Non-Responsive Web Site Is Wrong
You may have some reasons in your head for why your web site isn't wrong. They're all wrong.
24 | How to Write Technical Blog Posts Quickly and Easily
I write often at mattstauffer.co, and I've been trying to learn how to do it quickly and easily. I share some of my process in this episode.
23 | 3 Ways to Give Back to Open Source & How to Write Good Pull Requests
Three ways to give back to opens ource, including contributing code--and, in the midst, how to write a good pull request.
22 | "If You Don't Like It, Just Leave"
Often people will respond to someone saying they want more or different in a language/framework by saying, "If you don't like it, just leave!" Is that the right response?
21 | Why Tech Conferences Are Worth the Cost
Often folks look at tech conferences purely for what they can provide in terms of learning in sessions. But, there's a lot more to look at.
20 | How To Handle Your Code Breaking
When your code--or, more specifically, your code executing through a plugin or a framework--stops working, how do you debug it?
There's a big difference between how junior and experience developers a…
19 | What if _____ Gets Hit By a Bus?
What happens if the leader or leaders of my favorite framework/tool/etc. get hit by a bus?
18 | Growth Hacking Without the Gross; Interviewing Mubashar Iqbal
Interviewing Mubash Iqbal, "Mubs", about his early success with Interviewed.io
17 | Entrepreneurship Advice From a 30-year Business Veteran
Asking an experienced entrepreneur, developer, and business owner for 5 minutes of his best advice for entrepreneurs.
- Steve Jackson
- One of Steve's most recent businesses, Telemachus Press
- Definition…
16 | The Twitter Experiment Part 2: Remaining Uncomfortable
In part 2 of a 2-part series, we're reviewing the results of the great Twitter experiment.